Aurelia makes her living in the dark.
 In every session, she reaches where others cannot — into the fractures of the soul, where shadows twist and wounds hide. Her gift is compassion, her craft is shadow work, and every breath of healing draws her clients back into the light. But light has a cost.
 And in the shadows, something is watching. A demon, ancient and hungry, feels his power unravel with every soul she mends. He should despise her — and does. Yet the more he lingers in her presence, the more her tenderness unsettles him, stirring cracks he swore could never form. She is his threat.
 She is his fascination. 
She is the light in his shadow. And when her self-sacrifice leaves her open to dangers she cannot face alone, the question is no longer whether he will break her…
But whether she will break him.